Caster and fitting.



A. HILL.

GASTER AND FITTING.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO.27, 1912. RENEWED mm. 13, 1914.

Patented July 7, 1914.

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WITNESSES H IS ATTORNEY THE NORRIS PETERS CO, PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON, D. C.

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AARON HILL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOUR'II-I T0 Bd-IYIVIOND IVES BLAKESLEE, DE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented July X, 191 1.

Application filed December 27, 1912, Serial No. 738,785. Renewed February 13, 1914. Serial No. 818,607.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AARON HILL, a citizen of the United States, residing near Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Casters and Fittings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to casters and fittings, and more particularly to casters and fittings for disappearing or chambered or housed beds and the like, which when not in use may be run into suitable compart ments or closets provided in the wall or other structural part of a room or apartment for their reception. The use of sulficiently large casters to provide the requisite bearing surfaces are essential with beds of this character, to prevent the marring of floors or damaging of rugs; this results in standard practice incasters which defeat the object of conservation of space which is the primary object of the use of beds of this character,

The invention has for its object to provide improvements in casters and fittings which will bring the use of the same within the practice pertinent to conservation of space; and in carrying out the invention I provide casters and fittings therefor so organized and co-acting as to cause the casters always to be within the area of the superposed becl frame, no matter how the casters may be disposed to provide for a definite direction of movement of the bed.

The invention consists in the novel and useful construction and organization of parts, members and features all as hereinafter described, shown in the drawing, and finally pointed out in claims, the invention having for further objects the provision of improvements of the nature and structure which will be superior in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness of organization, positiveness and efficiency in service and durability, facility in attachment and detachment and adjustment, and general serviceability.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is an isometric view of a bed frame provided with my improved casters and fittings; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a detached caster; Fig. 3 is an end elevation; and, Fig. 4 is an isometric view of a fitting, parts being broken away.

Referring with particularity tothe drawbed frame A, both said furcations 8 and 9 ranging slantingly forward to such extent as is necessary to project the rollers 7 completely under the bed frame A. The rollers may be rotatably mounted in any preferred manner as upon pins or axles 11; a shoulder 12 is provided for co-engagement with the fitting B; the fittings B comprise each a member 13 provided with a shank receiving orifice 1 1 and lug receiving notches 15 and 16, said notches 15 and 16 being spaced apart ninety degrees in the wall 17, which is preferably annular In Fig. 1 the fittings B are shown as being integral with or constituting the legs 18 of the bed frame A with the notches 15 facing inwardly in directions parallel to the longitudinal trend of the bed frame while the notches 16 are shown facing inwardly in directions parallel to the lateral trend of said bed frame. The object in thus placing the slots at right angles to each other is to provide interchangeability of the casters .0 and D, as will presently be described, and

thus change the paths of movement of said casters, with a consequent change in direction of travel permitted the bed frame, from longitudinal, as shown in Fig. 1, to lateral. In order to accomplish this change in the direction of travel of said bed frame the casters C and D are made rights and lofts respectively, that is the furcations 9 of casters C are offset to the right of the shank 5 while the furcations 9 of casters D are reversed or offset to the left of the shanks 5. This difierence is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The lugs 6 of all the casters when positioned as shown in Fig. 1 occupy the laterally facing notches 16 and when casters C and D are interchanged with the object of permitting sidewise or lateral movement of the bed frame A the lugs 6 of all the casters occupy the longitudinally facing notches 15, it being understood that I bed frame, 7

I do not desire to be understood as limit ing myself to the particular formation, combination and inter-relation of parts members and features shown and described; but

reserve the right to vary the same in adapt- 1 name to this specification 1n the presence of two subscrlblng witnesses. I

ing the improvements to varying conditions of use, all within a fair interpretation of the spirit of the lnventlon.

, Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 1 ent Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofv Patents,

furcated to embrace and hold a roller with the shank disposed adjacent to one end of the axis of said roller.

T of the superposed bed.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my AARON HILLQ Witnesses:

CHAS. DUYLER, R. I. BLAKEsLEn Washington, D. 0. 

